Bill Text: HI SB798 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Board of Education; Student Member

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB798 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB798-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 171

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 798

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 798 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to codify the selection of the student member of the Board of Education in statute and clarify that the Board of Education may determine any restrictions on actions taken by the student member.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency and five individuals.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee has also heard and adopted a related measure, S.B. No. 799, which proposes a constitutional amendment to clarify the selection of the student member of the Board of Education.

 

     Your Committee finds that the student member of the Board of Education brings valuable perspective and insights regarding the day-to-day educational needs, experiences, and concerns of students in Board discussions.  In addition, the Board has indicated that this input and perspective is critical in the development and implementation of sound educational policies.

 

     Your Committee believes that approval of a voting student member of the Board of Education is long overdue, and would bring Hawaii in line with several states, such as California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont, which have granted voting rights to their student members.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 798 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education and Housing,

 

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair